India, April 8 -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) announced in a Truth Social post that he was pausing any strikes on Iran for two weeks, just 1.5 hours before his self-imposed deadline expired.

He also said that it would be a "double-sided" ceasefire" and subject to the "complete reopening" of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Supreme National Security Council said the country has accepted the two-week ceasefire but contradicted Trump on the Hormuz issue.

"Iran achieved a historic victory by forcing the criminal US to accept its 10-point plan. The US has accepted Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz, enrichment rights, and removal of all sanctions," Mehr News Agency quoted the council as saying.

The ceasefire announce...